[mythtv-users] The Death of MythTV in the US?
jedi
jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Mar 31 13:33:43 UTC 2008
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 01:08:14PM -0400, Billy Macdonald wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
> <steve at priorityelectronics.com> wrote:
> > Anyone know why the cable companies even care? What does time warner care if
> > you have a copy of an HBO TV Show? NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, etc don't seem to
> > care, cause if they did, I'm sure they would have ranted enough to have some
> > type of encryption created with the digital OTA broadcasts and then have
> > only certified TV's able to decrypt those stations.
> > -Steve
> >
>
> The cable companies don't care if you have copies. They care that
> people don't steal their cable. The way cable is distributed, it's
> easy to steal the cable feed and view the analog, clearQAM channels.
> By encrypting them all it makes it so that you have to have a box and
> therefor cannot steal cable.
People have been hacking cable boxes since the 70's. Now we're
not talking sophisticates or "hackers" here. Meat packers have been
doing it.
So, the idea that cable companies get some sort of protection out
of the STB is enough to make an experienced user die of laughter.
>
> So because there are people that steal the cable, those of us that pay
> for cable don't get the clearQAM channels. Plus the cable companies
> have always wanted to charge a per outlet fee. I believe when cable
> ready tv's started coming out they lost that revenue. Now they get to
> charge an extra $x per tv again and that makes them happy.
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